Learn how to make fluffy slime for an uniquely cool texture! Homemade slime is awesome to make with kids and fluffy slime is no exception. We make DIY fluffy slime with saline solution all year long. Add seasonal and holiday themes to your slime. Follow along us with us as we make new fluffy slime ideas all year round. I am already planning Valentine’s Day!
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HOW TO MAKE FLUFFY SLIME!
If you want to learn how to make fluffy slime easily then you have come to the right place. Plus, we have an awesome video to share too. We will show you step by step how to make the best fluffy slime ever and how to dress it up for the holidays and seasons!
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You can also check out our fun ideas for fluffy slime add ins at the bottom of this page. We are often adding new ideas, so make sure to check back each season and holiday.
Follow along with the pictures and read the step by step recipe below. If you scroll down below, you will see other slimy resources for “how to make slime” recipes including saline slime, liquid starch slime, and borax slime. We also talk about slime science and have more great slime tips.
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FLUFFY SLIME RECIPE
The photo you see below is our first ever batch of fluffy slime when we were learning how to make fluffy slime. We made 1/2 a dozen batches in a row just to make sure we loved our fluffy slime recipe enough to share with you. I love twisting colors together!
INGREDIENTS FOR FLUFFY SLIME
Make sure you start off with the right ingredients!
1/2 cup White Washable PVA School Glue {recommended slime supplies}
3 cups Foam Shaving Cream
1 tbsp Saline Solution {active ingredients should be sodium borate and boric acid}
1/4-1/2 tsp Baking Soda
Food Coloring {optional}
Bowl, Measuring Cups, Spoon
HOW TO MAKE FLUFFY SLIME
TIP: Always follow the directions carefully! Slime making is a recipe just like baking cookies. An alternative for this slime is to experiment with the amount of shaving cream you want to use.
STEP 1: Measure and add 3-4 generous cups of foam shaving cream to a large mixing bowl. (Go ahead and experiment with an amount that makes you happy!)
STEP 2: Next, add food coloring if desired and gently stir to mix color.
STEP 3: Measure and add 1/2 cup of white glue and gently stir to combine.
STEP 4: Add 1/2 teaspoon or so of baking soda to mixture and gently stir.
STEP 5: Lastly, measure out 1 tablespoon of contact solution and add to bowl.
STEP 6: Whip the mixture to activate the slime. It will begin to pull away from sides and bottom of bowl.
STEP 7: Pick up your slime and knead it until smooth and stretchy and no longer sticky.
TIP: Squeeze a few drops of saline solution on your hands before picking up slime, makes it stick less while you knead it. Kneading it is important to improving the consistency of the slime.
Don’t go crazy adding more saline solution until you have spent some time kneading it. This will reduce the stickiness. If you add too much saline initially, you will end up with rubbery slime.
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MORE FLUFFY SLIME FUN!
As the seasons change, and the holidays and special occasions come around, celebrate with DIY fluffy slime! I will continue to add new fluffy slime themes here as we complete them. We usually have 1-2 new themes each month for each slime recipe and sometimes more!
Click on each picture to read more about each slime, but it all starts with the basic slime recipe you see above.
STORING YOUR SLIME
I get a lot of questions regarding how I store my slime. Usually we use a reusable container either plastic or glass. If you keep your slime clean it will last for several weeks.
FLUFFY SLIME: Fluffy slime doesn’t stay fluffy for more then a day or so. As you know the foam shaving cream is filled with air and decreases over time. I wouldn’t suggest fluffy slime as the best party favors.
If you want to send kids home with a bit of slime from a camp, party, or classroom project, I would suggest packages of reusable containers from the dollar store. For large groups we have used condiment containers as seen here.
FLUFFY SLIME SCIENCE
What’s the science behind the slime? The borate ions in the slime activator {sodium borate, borax powder, or boric acid} mixes with the PVA {polyvinyl-acetate} glue and forms this cool stretchy substance. This is called cross linking!
The glue is a polymer and is made up of long, repeating, and identical strands or molecules. These molecules with flow past one another keeping the glue in a liquid state.
The addition of water is important to this process. It helps the strands to slide more easily over one another creating ooze.Think about when you leave a gob of glue out, and you find it hard and rubbery the next day.
In the case of the fluffy slime, the foam shaving cream in in place of the water and creates the lift in the slime. Now, we know that foam shaving cream is filled with air too. What happens over time? The shaving cream loses the air and the fluffy slime loses a bit of the fluff. Still fun but the consistency will change.
When you add the borate ions to the mixture, it starts to connect these long strands together. They begin to tangle and mix until the substance is less like the liquid you started with and is thicker and rubberier like slime!
Read more about slime science here!
Thanks for joining us on our slime making journey, and we hope you learn how to make fluffy slime this season! make sure to follow along with us here and on FB for all our slimy updates.
Happy slime making!
Liam and Sarah
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Manushi says
Can i use powdered laundry detergent as an activator?
littlebins says
No! Please look up our list of activators.
Kerry says
Thank you so much for providing so many different ways to make slime. So far, we really like the saline solution fluffy slime the best. I do have a question for you though,…. If I use regular Elmer’s White glue is there a way that I can add actual glitter to the slime? If so, at what point in the recipe would I add the glitter? Or am I limited to using glitter glue?
Thank you again!
littlebins says
If you use white glue for slime it’s difficult to see the glitter, so I would try clear glue. We mix glitter into the slime after we have stirred the glue and water together. If you are making fluffy slime, you run into the same issue because of all the white foam. You can definitely add glitter to the top of it after it is already made.
Iris says
This recipe DOES NOT WORK!! DO NOT try it! This slime doesn’t turn into slime, it just stays a gloppy glue mixture!!!
Disappointing!!
littlebins says
I imagine you are having some difficulty and would love to help you personally because it does work well, and we use it all the time with groups of kids. Please email me directly [email protected] for some help. Also make sure your saline solution has the correct ingredients.